‘What a strange man.’

‘He’s strong, has unknown origins, and is accompanied by a beautiful woman.’

‘What kind of poison is this? Its composition is so strange, I can’t make sense of it.’

Angela attempted to cure Hathaway, but she failed.

As the Holy Maiden of the Illumination Society, healing and detoxification was supposed to be Angela’s specialty.

As such, the fact that she had failed had left her extremely surprised.

‘Who on earth are these 2 individuals?’

‘Their clothes and the way they carry themselves don’t make them seem like ordinary people to me.’

‘Especially this man’s imposing attitude, it’s obvious that he has played a part in several major events.’

‘There’s that strange Battle Beast as well.’

‘I didn’t even see the man moving, and yet, the men in black collapsed one after another.’

‘Was it a space-type Battle Beast?’

‘A space-type Battle Beast of that size is simply terrifying!’

‘What kind of person is capable of harming someone under the protection of this man?’

‘Are they being hunted as well?’

Angela looked at Hathaway’s side profile as she slept soundly, her heart filled with curiosity.

Hathaway’s figure was very voluptuous, and there was a certain wildness to her beauty.

Although she was injured and unconscious, her lips and charmingly big eyes were still full of charm.

Angela was still a teenager. Although she was quite a beauty herself, she was like a green apple, not ripe for the picking.

Hathaway, who was as ripe as a juicy peach, was the object of Angela’s envy.

After looking at Hathaway’s magnificent chest and comparing it to her own, Angela lowered her head dejectedly and sighed.

‘I wonder what the man is doing outside?’

Angela was struck with a sudden bout of curiosity. ‘Just what kind of man is worthy of a woman like Hathaway?’

Through the curtain, Angela tilted her head and took a peek outside.

The moonlight was like paint, coloring the ground with a pearly white.

The casual guards had already cleaned up the corpses of their companions, and they were cooking food around a bonfire.

Unlike usual, however, the guards were very quiet.

In the past, even while they were being pursued, the guards will still shout and joke around. They would pour alcohol into one another’s mouths, and they would discuss about their preferences for females, including breasts and butts.

Especially those guards who were hired on the way.

Although their strength was not bad, they were very vulgar.

But today, for some unknown reason, all of them were exceptionally well-behaved.

Other than the occasional crackling sound when the firewood burned and the gurgling sound when the soup boiled, there was actually not a single sound.

Angela turned her head and looked around the scene. Other than her own guards, she could not find the man from before at all.

Where is he?

Where did he go? Did he leave?

Impossible. His female companion was still in the carriage.

From the way he hugged the girl and the way he looked at her, it was not hard to tell that they were lovers. Moreover, the man cared about the girl very much.

‘Could he have gone to seek revenge?’

Angela felt an inexplicable sense of panic in her heart.

Although they had only met once, she did not want anything to happen to the man.

The fact that he needed to escape with her female companion in the middle of the night had meant that his opponent was far stronger than him.

‘Since it’s taken him this much effort to escape, why is he going back to take revenge?’

Angela pulled open the curtain and stretched out her upper body. Just as she was about to ask, an ice-cold longsword stretched down from the top of the horse.

“Go back.”

It was the man.

The man had gone to the top of her carriage at some point in time. While she was busy conjuring some nonsense within her carriage, the man had snuck above her.

“Don’t come out until the danger has been resolved.”

“Someone will send the food to you.”

The man’s voice was very cold and calm, without the slightest fluctuation of emotions.

“Oh!”

Angela obediently shrank back.

‘That was terrifying!’

‘He was so fierce.’

‘But it’s good that he didn’t went back to get revenge. I’ll look for an opportunity to chat with him tomorrow.”

Angela obediently returned to her carriage without showing a trace of her usual unruly behavior.

As the Holy Maiden, she had not once backed down even while she was being pursued.

Even before she encountered Locke, Angela was constantly trying to convince her guards to confront the men in black.

After all, she did not believe that they were trying to kill her.

Even though more than half of her guards were either dead or injured, Angela did not care.

As the Holy Maiden, her status was extremely noble.

Even if the people of the Dark Society were to catch her, her life would not be in danger.

At most, they would try to corrupt her and convince her to join the Dark Society.

As for whether the guards would survive or die, Angela did not care.

This was their job. The moment they agreed to protect her, they should have already expected such a day to come.

However, upon meeting Locke, Angela seemed to have become a completely different person.

For some reason, she did not want Locke to have a bad impression of her.

Perhaps it was due to her curiosity towards him.

As a result, she had paid extra attention to him.

She noticed his tough face, his strong abs, his broad chest, and his hot breath.

Angela could not help but recall the scene when Locke entered the carriage.

She could still smell Locke’s scent within the carriage.

Meanwhile, the guards noticed that something was amiss.

For some reason, everyone had remained silent.

They acted very carefully and tried their best not to make any unnecessary noises.

‘Was it because of this man?’, they thought.

‘Or is it because of that strange nine-headed snake.’

The man was sitting quietly on the top of the carriage with his eyes closed.

Although he did not inspect any place, people somehow felt a sense of peace.

Subconsciously, everyone understood that although the man looked like he was resting, in actual fact, he was on guard.

The people who had been fleeing all this while were physically and mentally exhausted, and they had long wanted to sleep soundly.

With Locke’s appearance, the guards no longer guarded their posts.

Everyone cooked as fast as they could, and after handing the first bowl to Angela, they handed Locke the second.

Seeing that Locke accepted it, the guards smiled, and then they went back to share the rest of the food with everyone.

Since they were on the run, the food they did not own much food reserves.

The remaining pieces of jerky had been given to Angela and Locke. As such, the guards could only take out the dry food in their arms and eat the meat soup together.

They broke the dry food and soaked it in the meat soup. After absorbing the soup, it tasted similar to meat.

In the wilderness, it was a privilege to be able to enjoy a mouthful of warm food.

Moreover, with Locke around, the guards no longer needed to be on guard.

They could eat a safe meal and sleep soundly. They did not need to worry about any Daemons attacking them.

For the people who had just experienced a life-and-death battle for the past few days, they felt like they were in heaven.

Locke chewed his food quietly. His heart was very calm.

Be it dry food or meat, it made no difference to Locke.